Mill Details

Old Carver's Mill

Bucks Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: c. mid. 1700's
Township: Solebury Twp.
Watersource: Paunacussing Creek.
Location / Directions

Old Carver's Mill

From Doylestown Boro., go 3.3 miles east on Cold Spring Creamery Rd. Jog north, left turn, on Pa 413 for .3 mile, then turn right onto Carversville Rd. (LR 09066) and travel 2 miles to Carversville. At the east side of Carversville, pick up Fleecydale Rd. and follow it about .3 miles to the left turn at Short Rd. (T 418). Mill is right there on creekside of Fleecydale Rd.

Verse for Thought
"Therefore with joy shall you draw water from the wells of salvation. And in that day you will say; praise the Lord,..."
({Isaiah 12:3 & 4a NKJV})
Old Carver's Mill
Merrill M. Miller 09/1979

The mill had a three doors about in the middle of the front, long side, the top door being in a wooden dormer/catshead arrangement.

Old Carver's Mill
Jim Miller 10/12/1992

The mill is a smaller 25'x 55' fieldstone/sandstone building 2.5 stories high.

Old Carver's Mill
Jim Miller 06/21/2007

The mill was longer, wider, and perhaps a half-story taller when in operation and has since been made into a lovely home sometime prior to the mid-1970's.

Old Carver's Mill
Jim Miller 06/21/2007

The welcoming entryway to the Old Carver Mill converted dwelling.

Old Carver's Mill
Jim Miller 06/21/2007

A horse watering trough, was filled by a natural spring, located across Fleecydale Road from the mill.

Old Carver's Mill
Jim Miller 06/21/2007

The small mill was not commercially as competitive as the many storied later mills, but, was adequate for the local farmer/clientele that depended upon it for its grinding needs.

Old Carver's Mill
Jim Miller 06/21/2007

The mill has been a dwelling since the mid 1900's.

 
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